สูญเปล่า

sŭun bplào

Meanings

1NounB2

in vain; futile; wasted

bringing no result or benefit; producing no useful effect

Examples

ผมpŏmผมpŏm1I; me (male speaker, polite)2hair (on the head)พยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptอธิบายà-tí-baaiอธิบายà-tí-baai1[to] interpret; expound2[to] explain; clarifyหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ครั้งkrángครั้งkráng1classifier for occurrences or times2time; occasion; instance3turn (one’s turn to do something)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ฟังความfang kwaamฟังความfang kwaam[to] hear a case; [to] take evidenceพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)สูญเปล่าsŭun bplàoสูญเปล่าsŭun bplào1in vain; futile; wasted2to no purpose; uselessly
I tried to explain many times but he wouldn’t listen, so the effort was wasted.
2NounB2

to no purpose; uselessly

in a way that yields no benefit or result

Examples

ถ้าtâaถ้าtâa1if; in case2if only; provided that (conditional emphasis)ไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] escort; see off6[to] emit; transmit; send outรายงานraai-ngaanรายงานraai-ngaan1report (document/account)2[to] report; inform officially3[to] check in; report oneselfตามdtaamตามdtaam1[to] follow; go after2[to] comply with; abide by; obey3according to; in accordance with4along; along (a path); following (direction)5after; behind; in pursuit of6as; in the capacity of (ตามที่/ตามฐานะ)กำหนดgam-nòtกำหนดgam-nòt1[to] set; fix; determine2[to] schedule; assign3specification; stipulation4deadline; due dateความพยายามkwaam pá-yaa-yaamความพยายามkwaam pá-yaa-yaam1effort; exertion2attempt; tryที่ทำtêe tamที่ทำtêe tamthat/which (someone) did/madeมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerอาจàatอาจàat1may; might (possibility)2possibly; perhaps3able; capable (literary/formal)สูญเปล่าsŭun bplàoสูญเปล่าsŭun bplào1in vain; futile; wasted2to no purpose; uselessly
If you don’t submit the report on time, all the effort you put in may be wasted.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

สูญsŏonสูญsŏon1lost; wasted; gone2to vanish; be lost3become extinct4zero (formal; learned)Part 1
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เปล่าbplàoเปล่าbplào1empty; blank; bare2in vain; for nothing3no; not; nothingPart 2
สูญเปล่าsŭun bplàoสูญเปล่าsŭun bplàoin vain; futile; wasted